The sequel to 2007's Transformers raced into the lead within 24 hours of its debut in cinemas, surpassing the previous incumbent, Angels and Demons which only has a paltry 19 errors.

Top of the list is a scene in which Megan Fox's character, Mikaela hotwires a silver Saturn Astra. Firstly, she doesn't break the physical steering lock to free the car, and secondly, the vehicle is impossible to hotwire as the engine requires a signal from a chip in the ignition key to start. Then there's a scene in which Shia LaBeouf's character, Sam, grabs a drink at a frat party and starts a conversation with a fellow reveller.

"At first the glass in his hand is full," says moviemistakes.com founder Jon Sandys. "We cut to the girl talking and then back to Sam and the glass is nearly empty, cut to the girl once more and then back to Sam, who has a full glass again."

Finally, the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia is depicted with desert and mountains in the background - when in reality, there are none - and the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian ocean gains hills and sparse vegetation, when the real-life equivalent has a tropical climate and flat surface.

Bay is unlikely to be sent reeling by the list of bloopers attributed to his film. Critics have suggested that Revenge of the Fallen is one big error, but the movie has so far racked up $708m (£400m) worldwide and is well on course to being the biggest film of 2009.

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